单词 | bubble-boy |
释义 | † bubble-boyn. Obsolete. rare. A case for tweezers or other small instruments; an etui.The meaning is explained thus in Pope's footnote to quot. 1727; he remarks that the word is ‘in use in this present year’. The passage is believed to be from one of Pope's own juvenile poems, in which case its date would be c1704. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [noun] > for small objects or instruments etui1611 tweeze1622 puppeta1625 tweezer1654 tweezer-case1686 twee1690 bubble-boy1727 nécessaire1800 poppeta1903 caddy1976 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 45 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Lac'd in her Cosins new appear'd the Bride, A Bubble-boy and Tompion at her Side. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018). < n.1727 |
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